What’s going on with Mark Zuckerberg? He recently conspicuously pivoted toward MAGA, meeting quietly with incoming Trump officials, and complaining about the Biden administration on Joe Rogan’s podcast. This week, we trace the story of the Meta CEO, and investigate what his new persona means for the 4 billion people who use his products. Support the show: searchengine.show To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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I try to avoid social media. I post our episodes on Threads and on Instagram, two of his platforms, but I don't know. Threads in particular, which was supposed to be a Twitter competitor, feels empty. I always joke that as a social network, it reminds me of trying to have a conversation while someone runs a loud vacuum cleaner nearby.
And I guess I do use WhatsApp to talk to the friends who've arbitrarily migrated there. So I use Metaproducts multiple times a day. But Zuckerberg, he's just, he's no Elon Musk. He doesn't squat in my mind, forcing me to have opinions about him. Even though Mark Zuckerberg's products reach way more people than Twitter and Tesla, over 4 billion people use a Metaproduct each month.
Zuckerberg is just quieter, strategically boring, or he used to be. In the past, CEOs' public images mostly stayed constant. It was their platforms that every once in a while rolled out a redesign. These days, though, it's the CEO's public persona that gets a new version every so often. And this year, we've got a new Mark Zuckerberg, one that is noticeably spicier,
This Zuckerberg likes to post videos of himself online having what I would call masculine adventures. He competes in Brazilian jujitsu. He trades bow hunting tips with Joe Rogan. And this Zuckerberg is more open about his frustrations with journalists, with life under the Biden administration, with calls from the left for limits on certain kinds of speech.
Hey, everyone. I want to talk about something important today because it's time to get back to our roots around free expression on Facebook and Instagram. I started building social media to give people a voice.
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